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Unit 3 Lesson 8
Olympic Winners
Olympic Rings
Warm-up
Sports Icons
Warm-up
Olympic Winners
Warm-up
Which of these is NOT an Olympic event?
baseball diving gymnastics
horse-riding long jump swimming weightlifting basketball
Lead in
Read the webpage and match the headings with the texts.
The heaviest and strongest
The highest and the longest jumps
The oldest and the youngest
The tallest and the shortest
Reading
nice—nicer—nicest
Oral practice
Jim—young
Kate—younger
Baby—youngest
young—younger—youngest
Oral practice
heavy
heavy—heavier—heaviest
Oral practice
We use superlatives to compare three or more people / things.
What do we use superlatives to do ?
We put _________ after the comparatives in a sentence.
We put __________ before the superlative.
than
the
cheap—
small—
nice —
safe —
happy —
easy —
big —
wet —
beautiful —
delicious —
cheaper
smaller
nicer
safer
happier
easier
bigger
wetter
more beautiful
more delicious
— cheapest
— smallest
— nicest
— safest
— happiest
— easiest
— biggest
— wettest
— most beautiful
— most delicious
How to form comparatives and superlatives with adjectives?
Do you know these people?
Hiroshi Hoketsu (born in 1941) is a Japanese horse-rider who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics, finishing 40th in show jumping. He was the oldest athlete in the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.
Do you know these people?
Yao Ming (born in 1980) is a retired Chinese professional basketball player who played for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). At the time of his final season, he was the tallest active player in the NBA, at 2.29 m (7 ft 6 in).
Do you know these people?
Deng Linlin (born in 1992), is a Chinese gymnast. She was a member of the Chinese team that won the team gold medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, and is a three-time World Cup gold medalist. She was one of the shortest athletes.
Do you know these peop